Keen Mind paints a certain picture, and true to its name this is a feat you find with a player looking for a higher intelligence score like Wizard or Artificer, and it has earned a reputation in recent years as one of the most contentious feats in the Player’s Handbook, so how does the newest …
The Inspiring Leader feat is one that has found a lot of play throughout various campaigns around our gaming table. The ability to give an inspiring speech that gets a group so fired up that they run into battle yelling “FRRREEEEEDDDDOOOOMMMMMM!” with their extra temporary hit points absorbing some of that first wave damage. Or …
The Heavy Armor Master Feat is one that wasn’t necessarily a must-take for martial characters, but it was up there. Unlike Pathfinder, there are very few mechanics that were in D&D (especially 5E) where damage reduction was a thing, especially outside of being a Barbarian. However, heavy armor master gives an extra boost to the …
The heavily armored feat is an important one that many players are going to need to get the Barbarian, Cleric, or Artificer build of theirs to a place where instead of having to fall back on a Medium armor build, they can move to heavy armor. This mechanical feat is probably one of the most …
The great weapon master feat was one of the mainstays for martial characters in 5th Edition D&D, this is on the short list of every martial build, particularly fighters and barbarians. The idea of being such a master with your weapon you can just cut through an enemy’s defenses to be that much more dangerous …
One thing players learn very quickly in 5th Edition D&D is that not all damage types are created equal. The fire mage is a great build until you find yourself facing fire elementals and their demon lords on the wrong level of hell. Then suddenly that spellcaster learns the hard way the importance of diversifying …
The idea of building the perfect bar brawling melee character isn’t a new idea, but it’s a fun one and there’s a reason so many of us have imagined how to go about creating that character using the mechanics of whatever TTRPG system we’re playing. In 5th Edition this was actually a bit rough as …
The Elemental Adept feat is designed for spellcasters who want to specialize in one type of damage in particular. The conventional ones are likely fire, ice, and thunder in that order, but there are also interesting builds with acid or other less common damage types that can suddenly become even more powerful thanks to the …